International Nursing Studies
BSc (Hons)

Overview

This nursing degree is designed for international students to study nursing in the UK. This nursing course will help you further your skills and increase your career prospects. Our state of the art laboratories and inspirational lecturers will provide the support you need to improve your competence and build your confidence.

If you’re already a qualified, experienced nurse, this course will help you become even more effective in caring for patients with complex needs. You’ll learn more about how nurses work and care for patients in the UK. What’s more, studying alongside colleagues from different countries will enhance your understanding of working with people from different cultures.

Here at Anglia Ruskin, you’ll be taught by expert nurses and health professionals who currently work in British healthcare services. They’ll help you evaluate and develop your skills, and build on your theoretical knowledge of nursing.

On the practical side, you’ll use our state-of-the-art clinical skills laboratories that will give you an unparalleled opportunity to fine-tune your hands-on nursing skills. Our labs were designed in collaboration with the National Health Service (NHS), and they simulate the experience of working in a UK hospital.

You’ll learn through lectures, seminars and ‘action learning’ sets – where you’ll reflect with other students on the actions you’ve taken. Our student nurses really benefit from discussing and sharing their interests, experiences and issues.

Careers

Studying nursing in the UK alongside colleagues from around the world will help you to understand and work with people from different cultures.

We work with employers to make sure you graduate with the knowledge, skills and abilities they need. They help us review what we teach and how we teach it – so you’ll return home with improved career prospects.

Modules & assessment

Year one, core modules

The needs of an individual will change during illness. In order to assess, interpret and manage a patient's needs nurses require particular skills and knowledge to provide high quality care. This module introduces the student to the theory which underpins nursing assessment and care management. Students will develop the necessary knowledge and skills to assess and plan care for adults, taking account of the multi-cultural needs of diverse patient populations. Students will be required to
interpret and analyse the patient assessment process and understand how this is developed into evidence-based care
delivery within an inter-professional environment.

This module will provide a brief introduction to the concepts of sustainability and resilience. Some of the global problems that are becoming apparent and you will discuss the ways these are being tackled. You will study identification, types of response as well as the speed of response and how these impact on health issues. Topics will include: international governmental organisations, role of national government in public health policy, climate change, environmental pollution health effects, non-communicable diseases, inequality of health and health systems, role of the media and moral panics and basic public health interventions.

Educating people about their health has never been so important, but understanding how to do this, and how to understand and measure their behaviour change can be difficult. Using latest examples of campaigns from the UK and internationally, you’ll learn about and evaluate theories used in behaviour change and in health communication.
You’ll get hands on as we introduce you to one counselling technique (CBT, DBT, motivational interviewing or solution-focused brief therapy) to develop your own communication skills. You’ll then put these to the test during workshops and a simulated patient encounter and podcast based campaign.

Gain an insight into different healthcare systems and investigate how public health is funded and challenged in different parts of the world, by examining geography, government, economy, the country’s healthcare system facilities, workforce, technology, cost, quality, and access.
You’ll learn how to identify relevant and valid sources of data, trends, review the demographic changes in population health and appreciate how data informs health decisions. You’ll also learn the application of epidemiology in public health by exploring the theories, learning the practical skills and undertaking case study exercises.

Year two, core modules

You will learn to be analytical and insightful regarding research reports. You will gain an invaluable skill for anyone who wishes to provide effective and appropriate care in their individual sphere of practice. In addition, today's practitioner is required to work in a multi professional, multi-agency world which requires skills and insight into the efficacy of research. This module will revisit existing knowledge of the research process and assist you in further developing skills of critical analysis and ethical appraisal of published work.

The undergraduate major project enables you to raise and address significant questions relating to your chosen topic/issue. You will be supported by a tutor with similar interests and research profile. This module requires autonomous study and it is your chance to demonstrate that you have met our University’s expectations and are ready to graduate.

This module will enable you to further your understanding of nursing skill in a global context. This module aims to address the necessary theories that support nursing assessment and care planning and to consider these from a global perspective. You will be required to gather and appraise patient assessment and care planning strategies from international contexts and relate this to your professional development. Topics will include communication, health promotion, evidence-based care in a global context, legal ethical and professional practice, record keeping, patient rights, nursing models, care planning and assessment tools and multi-cultural needs.

This module will consider the nature of health, and will focus on the political, social and psychological theories and issues that underpin the concepts of promoting health and well-being. The module will introduce key concepts and issues to develop the student’s awareness, knowledge and skills to promote health and wellbeing at individual and community levels. The role of the nurse in the promotion of health and wellbeing for the individual and the population (young adult to older person) will be explored, emphasising the importance of all nurses as health promoting practitioners. The focus of the module is upon contemporary theory and the main approaches to health promotion which underpin change including; the medical approach, behaviour change approach, educational approach, client-centred approach and the societal-change approach.

Assessment

We use a mix of assessment methods to help you and your tutors measure your progress on this course. These vary between modules, but include written assignments, presentations and group discussions. They’ll help you to develop the wide-ranging skills you need to be a good nurse.

Where you'll study

Your faculty

The Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine and Social Care is the largest in ARU, with over 7,000 students. Our Faculty is teeming with expertise and primed to meet the demand for creating health professionals, teachers, doctors, scientists and educators for the three districts we serve: Chelmsford, Cambridge and Peterborough.

We have been training undergraduates for professional roles for over 25 years, with a reputation for quality, dedication and ambition balanced with student satisfaction.

We know that to give our students the very best experiential learning, prior to getting into the workplace, simulation is second to none, for safe, realistic, learning environments. We have invested heavily in purpose built simulated wards, science labs and skills space, to support our students through their learning.

International students

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Important additional notes

Our published entry requirements are a guide only and our decision will be based on your overall suitability for the course as well as whether you meet the minimum entry requirements. Other equivalent qualifications may be accepted for entry to this course, please email answers@anglia.ac.uk for further information.

International students

We welcome applications from international and EU students, and accept a range of international qualifications.

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